Rose Cowles
Rose Cowles is the illustrator of the award-winning Puppies on Board. She has a big black dog named Rosie. She loves animals and can paint eleven puppies and a dog over and over again so that you can recognize them on every page. "I love painting," she says. "It keeps me happy and that's the best gift I can give to my kids." It's a pretty good gift for everyone else as well! Rose also illustrated The F Team for Orca. She lives in Victoria, British Columbia.
Achoo!
In the fifth Mysterious You book, Achoo!, kids probe the secrets of illness and sniff out what germs are, why they sometimes make us sick, how our bodies battle them and how vaccines protect us against them. This unique series explores the mysteries of the human body using a mix of thoroughly researched factual information, amazing anecdotes and su …
Achoo!
In the fifth Mysterious You book, Achoo!, kids probe the secrets of illness and sniff out what germs are, why they sometimes make us sick, how our bodies battle them and how vaccines protect us against them. This unique series explores the mysteries of the human body using a mix of thoroughly researched factual information, amazing anecdotes and su …
Aha!
In the sixth Mysterious You title, Aha!, kids delve into the secrets of smarts and discover what intelligence is, how it’s measured, the different ways of thinking, intelligence in other species, computer intelligence and lots more.
This series explores the mysteries of the human body using a mix of thoroughly researched factual information, amazi …
Aha!
In the sixth Mysterious You title, Aha!, kids delve into the secrets of smarts and discover what intelligence is, how it's measured, the different ways of thinking, intelligence in other species, computer intelligence and lots more. This series explores the mysteries of the human body using a mix of thoroughly researched factual information, amazin …
Baa!
The Mysterious You series explores the mysteries of the human body using an exciting mix of thoroughly researched factual information, amazing anecdotes and surprising try-it activities. In Baa!, kids unravel the mysteries of genes and see how traits like dimples and hair colour are passed down through their family tree. They can then explore the s …
Baa!
The Mysterious You series explores the mysteries of the human body using an exciting mix of thoroughly researched factual information, amazing anecdotes and surprising try-it activities. In Baa!, kids unravel the mysteries of genes and see how traits like dimples and hair colour are passed down through their family tree. They can then explore the s …
Burp!
The unique Mysterious You series explores the mysteries of the human body using an exciting mix of thoroughly researched information, amazing anecdotes and surprising try-it activities.
In Burp!, kids discover all kinds of fascinating facts about food and eating, such as what food is made of, how your body breaks it down, why you have cravings, how …
Burp!
The unique Mysterious You series explores the mysteries of the human body using an exciting mix of thoroughly researched information, amazing anecdotes and surprising try-it activities. In Burp!, kids discover all kinds of fascinating facts about food and eating, such as what food is made of, how your body breaks it down, why you have cravings, how …
Hey Girl!
A new and unique interactive journal full of questions, ideas, and thoughts to contemplate. A journal is for recording secrets, dreams, and disappointments, and for marking a time in your life and what is important to you at that moment, for capturing who you are -- and who you want to become. In Hey Girl! A Journal of My Life, you are the hero of …
Hmm?
The unique Mysterious You series explores the mysteries of the human body using an exciting mix of thoroughly researched information, amazing anecdotes and surprising try-it activities.
In Hmm?, kids delve into the mysteries of the mind and dig up what memories are, where they are stored, what triggers them, how you can sharpen them, tricks they can …
Hmm?
The unique Mysterious You series explores the mysteries of the human body using an exciting mix of thoroughly researched information, amazing anecdotes and surprising try-it activities. In Hmm?, kids delve into the mysteries of the mind and dig up what memories are, where they are stored, what triggers them, how you can sharpen them, tricks they ca …
La bataille de Vimy — Avril 1917
Lors de la bataille de Vimy, les Canadiens ont réalisé ce que soldats français et britanniques, pourtant plus expérimentés, n'avaient pas su faire. Ils ont vaincu les Allemands et pris la position stratégique de la crête de Vimy. C'était la première fois que des soldats canadiens combattaient au nom de leur pays. La bataille de Vimy a favo …
Le débarquement à Juno
Les troupes canadiennes débarquent à Juno, en Normandie. Voilà le récit de la célèbre bataille, raconté par des soldats et des témoins oculaires. Pour décrire l'assaut, des photos personnelles ou d'archives, des illustrations et des cartes, souvenir d'un chapitre dramatique de l'histoire canadienne.
Puppies on Board
"When eleven puppies are born on Mollie's family's boat, chaos ensues. Mollie's mother wonders what to do, but Mollie has an idea. She will host a tea party in order to find homes for Charlotte, Heidi, Stuart, Margalo, Max, Pippi, Pooh, Piglet, Eeyore, and Tigger. But WilburÖWilbur is special. Not just any home will do for him."
Puppies on Board
When eleven puppies are born on Mollie's family's boat, chaos ensues. Mollie's mother wonders what to do, but Mollie has an idea. She will host a tea party in order to find homes for Charlotte, Heidi, Stuart, Margalo, Max, Pippi, Pooh, Piglet, Eeyore, and Tigger. But WilburÖWilbur is special. Not just any home will do for him.
"At first Mollie could count only four or five, but as Sheba cleaned each one, Mollie counted six, then seven, then eight, nine and finally TEN wriggling, noisy, hungry puppies.
Then Mollie noticed something else—a tiny scrap of scraggly black fur tucked into the far corner of the pen."
Science Detectives
Think science is a bunch of test tubes, microscopes and guys in lab coats? Think again! Science is bursting with far-out but true stories, fascinating puzzles and mind-boggling mysteries. Science Detectives follows fearless and dedicated science sleuths tracking down leads and solving cases all over the world -- in cities and in deserts, deep under …
Science Detectives
Think science is a bunch of test tubes, microscopes and guys in lab coats? Think again! Science is bursting with far-out but true stories, fascinating puzzles and mind-boggling mysteries. Science Detectives follows fearless and dedicated science sleuths tracking down leads and solving cases all over the world -- in cities and in deserts, deep under …
Squirt!
In the eighth title in the Mysterious You series, go with the flow and learn all about blood and the circulatory system. Topics include what blood's made from, how it moves around our body, the role of the heart, and how our organs clean our blood. Discover that over your lifetime your heart will beat roughly 2.5 billion times, that by the time you …
Squirt!
In the eighth title in the Mysterious You series, go with the flow and learn all about blood and the circulatory system. Topics include what blood's made from, how it moves around our body, the role of the heart, and how our organs clean our blood. Discover that over your lifetime your heart will beat roughly 2.5 billion times, that by the time you …
Strange Times at Western High
She's savvy, she's sleuth-y, she's Natalie Fuentes.
Trouble sticks to 16-year-old Natalie Fuentes like glue to paper. As the new kid at Western High, there's nothing she'd like better than to avoid making waves and instead focus on My Very Secret Life, her self-published zine. But when the school's reclusive caretaker is brutally attacked, Natali …
Strange Times at Western High
She's savvy, she's sleuth-y, she's Natalie Fuentes.
Trouble sticks to 16-year-old Natalie Fuentes like glue to paper. As the new kid at Western High, there's nothing she'd like better than to avoid making waves and instead focus on My Very Secret Life, her self-published zine. But when the school's reclusive caretaker is brutally attacked, Natali …
The F Team
When Fanny and her friendsí hopes to play on a team are dashed, Fanny comes up with the grand solution: figure skates. She and her team will learn moves never dreamed of by a hockey coach. And learn they do. After a few weeks of training, the F Team faces off against the A Team; the ìAísî are in for a surprise!
My friends and I love hockey.
We shared a single dream:
To shoot like stars across the ice
and make our town's A team.
Last year we tried out full of hope.
Five friends and I were keen,
Until we got a look at them.
Those A's were big and mean.
Right from the start they broke the rules.
"We've picked our team," they said.
"Go home, Frenchie. You, too, Fanny -
and don't forget Fat Fred."
Wow!
In this seventh title in the Mysterious You series, readers can get a grasp on the secrets of perception and discover what the five senses are, how we use and depend on them, what happens to our senses as we age, the five senses in other species and more.
Wow!
In this seventh title in the Mysterious You series, readers can get a grasp on the secrets of perception and discover what the five senses are, how we use and depend on them, what happens to our senses as we age, the five senses in other species and more.
Zzz ...
In the fourth Mysterious You book, Zzz ..., kids uncover the secrets of sleep to find out how the body clock works, why the brain needs sleep, what happens during REM (Rapid Eye Movement) sleep and more. This unique book explores the mysteries of the human body using a mix of thoroughly researched factual information, amazing anecdotes and surprisi …
Zzz ...
In the fourth Mysterious You book, Zzz “, kids uncover the secrets of sleep to find out how the body clock works, why the brain needs sleep, what happens during REM (Rapid Eye Movement) sleep and more. This unique book explores the mysteries of the human body using a mix of thoroughly researched factual information, amazing anecdotes and surprisi …
